UNGERER LIMITED
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Cash
£22M
+97.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£22M
+0.2% vs 2024
Employees
44
-22.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£253K
-90.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The directors have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern, reflecting the completed cessation of production and the planned conclusion of the company's trading activities.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £43,116,000 | £24,045,000 | -44.2% | |
| Operating profit | £2,606,000 | -£196,000 | -107.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,732,000 | £253,000 | -90.7% | |
| Net profit | £2,025,000 | £355,000 | -82.5% | |
| Cash | £11,162,000 | £22,086,000 | +97.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,401,000 | £22,221,000 | -12.5% | |
| Net assets | £21,922,000 | £21,959,000 | +0.2% | |
| Equity | £21,922,000 | £21,959,000 | +0.2% | |
| Average employees | 57 | 44 | -22.8% | |
| Wages | £1,997,000 | £1,591,000 | -20.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £110,000 | £141,000 | +28.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.0% | -0.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.3% | -0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | 3.79x | 17.83x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UNGERER LIMITED 1995-11-21 → present
- UNGERER,LIMITED 1959-05-29 → 1995-11-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern, reflecting the completed cessation of production and the planned conclusion of the company's trading activities.”
Significant events
- “Planned transfer and cessation of manufacturing operations completed in 2025. Production stopped in October 2025 and operating site sold for £2.1m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLUDE, Kayode | Secretary | 2024-03-04 | — | — |
| KING, Michael David | Director | 2024-01-16 | Feb 1975 | American |
| MESSENGER, Ian James | Director | 2020-08-31 | Mar 1968 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MYERS, Peter Thomas James | Secretary | 1991-10-18 | 1992-12-07 |
| NICHOLSON, Graham Peter | Secretary | — | 1991-10-18 |
| PERCY, John Graham | Secretary | 1992-12-07 | 2021-03-04 |
| DAMBRES JR, Richard Earl | Director | 2019-08-16 | 2020-08-31 |
| DAVIS, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1992-08-12 |
| GLEDHILL, Adrian Paul, Dr | Director | 2021-03-04 | 2025-10-27 |
| HOLLAND, Patrick Alan Cooke | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| LAY, Donald Michael | Director | 1996-01-03 | 1999-02-28 |
| MAKINSON, Norman | Director | — | 1994-05-31 |
| MELVILLE, James Barrie | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1994-05-31 |
| PARMAR, Pradeep | Director | 2020-08-31 | 2024-01-16 |
| PERCY, John Graham | Director | 1992-12-07 | 2021-03-04 |
| STOREY, Edward | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| VOORHEES, Barbara Moffat | Director | 2019-08-16 | 2020-02-20 |
| VOORHEES III, Kenneth Garretson | Director | 1999-07-19 | 2020-02-20 |
| VOORHEES JR, Kenneth Garretson | Director | — | 2019-05-09 |
| WITTY, David Graham | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Givaudan Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2020-02-20 | Active |
| M John Graham Percy | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-02-20 |
| Mr Kenneth Garretson Voorhees Iii | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-02-20 |
| Mr Kenneth Garretson Voorhees Jr | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.